Installing and Administering Internet Services

248 Chapter5
Configuring TFTP and BOOTP Servers
Troubleshooting BOOTP and TFTP Servers
addresses separated by a space, and/or one or more network
broadcast addresses.
• bad hardware mask value for host hostname
The value for the hardware address mask tag hm was incorrectly
formatted in the configuration file entry for hostname . Correct the
configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client. The subnet
mask must be specified in hex.
• bad hardware type for host hostname
The value specified for the ht tag is an unsupported hardware type.
See the bootpd man page for a list of supported hardware types.
• bad hostname: hostname
The name given in the hostname field was not a valid host name.
Correct the host name and try to reboot the BOOTP client. A valid
host name consists a letter followed by any number of letters, digits,
periods, or hyphens.
• bad IP address for host hostname
One of the IP addresses listed for the ip tag or any tag requiring a list
of IP addresses is incorrectly formatted in the configuration file entry
for hostname .
Correct the configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client.
IP addresses must be specified in standard Internet “dot” notation.
They can use decimal, octal, or hexadecimal numbers.(Octal numbers
begin with 0, and hexadecimal numbers begin with 0x or 0X.) If more
than one IP address is listed, separate the addresses with white
space.
• bad reply broadcast address for host hostname
The address given for the ba tag was invalid or incorrectly formatted.
Correct the configuration entry and try to reboot the BOOTP client.
Type man 1M bootpd for more information.
• bad subnet mask for host hostname
The value for the subnet mask tag sm was incorrectly formatted in the
configuration file entry for hostname . Correct the configuration entry
and try to reboot the BOOTP client. The subnet mask must be
specified as a single IP address.
• bad time offset for host hostname